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Today James talks to Andrew Demeter of the Teen Take YouTube channel about his work as a teenager in the alt media. They discuss how and why Andrew came to start his channel, whether his youth is an advantage or a disadvantage in his work, and how persistence and perspiration are the key elements to success in media production.
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Teen Take YouTube channel
Teen Confronts Nancy Pelosi on NSA
Interesting how he’s able to use the fact that he’s a teenager to be able to ask Pelosi deeper questions than the MSM ever would. The only thing I didn’t care for was that, when James asked him if he had any other videos of his that he recommended, Andrew mentioned one where the title was somewhat sensationalized.
Andrew – if you’re reading this, I would strongly suggest against sensationalism because it’s the quickest way for some people to never take your work seriously. Besides, most of reality is sensational enough without having to embellish.
Replying to my own message. I just re-read what I wrote and it sounds critical of Andrew. I didn’t mean to give that impression. I just re-watched the Pelosi video (I initially saw it a while back) and I’m very impressed w/ your question and follow-up (“isn’t the NSA a clear violation of the 4th amendment”). Also, looking at the other students with you, the one girl to your right (who nodded her head at what Pelosi was saying) gave off the impression of “I don’t want to rock the boat” (though, to be fair, we don’t know what she was really thinking). The male to your left seemed to smirk at you when he heard your questions. I give you credit for being the iconoclast of the bunch. It’s not easy to be but society needs more of it.